An odd poll on writing styles.

Do you print or use cursive (script?)

The reason I ask is that yesterday I was doing some work at an assisted living residence run by a local convent and was given a handwritten note by one of the sisters that was written in a meticulous cursive, and I realized that that style of writing is a rapidly dying art. It seems like if I can't type it, I'll hastily scrawl it in print.

I think, for me, this came from when I was in college feverishly trying to scribble down lecture notes.

I've been trying to make a conscious effort to use more cursive lately, for no real reason other than my own satisfaction.

How about it? What do you use?

For some reason, there's a handful of you that I imagine using cursive quite often, but I'll keep my guesses to myself for the time being just to see if my hunches pan out.

I write in cursive when I'm writing notes without a lot of numbers or formula's.

For example, I print when taking notes in Physics, but if I were writing notes about something like Western Civilization, I write in cursive.

I print exclusively.  I think this stemmed from when I first started learning cursive.  Anytime we had an assignment, the teachers would require you to use cursive.  The fact that I had to use it made me not want to use it.  Then once they stopped requiring it, I stopped using it, then I mostly forgot it.  The only time I use cursive is my signature.  My handwriting is really bad though, it's more like random scrawl than anything.

I was told in 6th grade that highschoolers wrote in cursive so everyone was required to write in cursive. Got to highschool and the dumb girl behind me didn't know how to read cursive and couldn't properly grade my papers so I started writing in print and never stopped.

WGP guy2 wrote: My handwriting is kind of a combination between print and cursive.  I usually connect letters that can naturally be connected (such as all the letters in 'the').  I always print any of the letters that are weird in cursive (z, f, some others I think).  It's definitely not strict cursive but it goes faster than printing and I've never had a problem with someone being able to read it.

This is a pretty good description of what I do.

Legibility of my notes is highly dependent on the speed at which I'm taking them, as the letters start to flow together a bit more and turn into just series of different height mountains when I'm writing at full speed.  I can still read it, but my girlfriend will look at them later and be like "That's not a word.  It's a mess."

I found while in the Army that many could not read cursive, so I began to write in a large block style. I still write in a large block style, and a lot of forms are almost too small for my writting. I have basically lost the ability to write cursive over the years except for signature. Back in my day we learned in grade school to make letters then sentance structure in cursive early. I think one of the final essays in English in high school was required to be written in cursive.

Eville wrote: I print exclusively.  I think this stemmed from when I first started learning cursive.  Anytime we had an assignment, the teachers would require you to use cursive.  The fact that I had to use it made me not want to use it.  Then once they stopped requiring it, I stopped using it, then I mostly forgot it.  The only time I use cursive is my signature.  My handwriting is really bad though, it's more like random scrawl than anything.

I can read/write in cursive, but I NEVER do, so if I try it becomes a meticulous task that takes forever and still looks no better than my print. 

Cursive. I hate printing.

I would describe it as disconnected cursive print if it's not intended for someone else.